(A) Studio apartment in Barbican £420K. One reception room/bedroom, 1 kitchen and 1 balcony http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/34152714#82083JZM4tAmxyA6.97
(B) A chateau at the exit of a village in the Mayenne, France £431K Upper Ground Floor: The entrance hall leads to the reception rooms and to a large wooden staircase. Successive intercommunicating reception rooms: 2 salons followed by a conservatory, small and large dining rooms. It is important to note the high quality of these rooms: oak parquet floors or local marble tiled floors, stone or marble sculpted fireplaces, moulded or French style ceilings, marble panelling, carved wooden plaques of dead game, etc. A Kitchen has been installed in the former study, scullery toilet and hand wash basin. Back stairway. The height under ceiling goes from 4.1m to 4.3 metres First floor: a central corridor leads to a small sitting room under intersecting joinery off which are 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms or shower rooms. W.C.'s in the tower.
Second floor: 4 bedrooms, a bathroom, a shower room. Good ceiling height. Above, accessible by a secondary stairway, 4 small staff rooms, attic. Living space per level is about 250 sqm. Outbuildings; A limestone outbuilding used as studio flat: a room with shower, mezzanine, dovecote in a brick tower topped with a pointed conical roof, garages for about 3 cars, pavilion and shed. The park is about 1.06 hectares ( approx 3.95 acres). It is planted with substantial mature trees and several species including plane trees, maple trees, chestnut trees, mimosa, impressive yew trees , oaks ... A beautiful landscape set in a dominant position, the grounds are walled or enclosed by hedges.
Exactly. would much rather live in an inner city bedsit with only 4 walls to paint than a massive pile in the country with all grass and flower beds and sh1t.
Exactly. would much rather live in an inner city bedsit with only 4 walls to paint than a massive pile in the country with all grass and flower beds and sh1t.
I'd rather live in the chateau. Just need a good gardener, a friend in the town hall planning department, a very good builder, a cleaner and £100k a year to pay for a it.
I'd rather live in the chateau. Just need a good gardener, a friend in the town hall planning department, a very good builder, a cleaner and £100k a year to pay for a it.